They played under different names over their 13 nonconsecutive seasons, including the Ginners (1934–1936, 1941), the Red Sox (1937–1940), and finally the Planters (1947–1951).
That season, the Clarksdale baseball club of the Delta League began its one-year run.
The team played under the name the Clarksdale Swamp Angels and featured three players, Clarence Kraft, John Merritt, and Claude Thomas, who had or went on to have major league experience.
[3] In 1934, the Baton Rouge Red Sticks, who were playing in the East Dixie League, moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi during the season and the team was renamed the "Ginners".
[4] Bill Marshall and Doc Land, who both played limited time in the major leagues over their careers, tied for the most hits on the Ginners with 147.